iwconfig – Wireless Interface configuration utility in Linux

iwconfig – Wireless Interface configuration utility in Linux

Iwconfig like ifconfig is a Wireless interface configuration utility in Linux.It is used to set the parameters of the network interface which are specific to the wireless operation. Iwconfig may also be used to display the parameters and the wireless statistics. iwconfig extracts these information from /proc/net/wireless file.

In the simplest form, simply typing the command without any arguements displays the current status of all the Wireless interfaces on the system:

Set operation Mode
The Wireless interface can be set to one of the following different modes which impacts how the device operates:

managed – Node is a client connecting to an Access Pointmaster – Node acts as an Acces pointsecondary – Node acts as a Secondary to a master Access pointad-hoc – Operates in a One to One Ad-hoc connection to another Wireless devicemonitor – Doesn’t connect to any Wireless network but sits and listens on all the packets on a frequencyrepeater – Forwards packets between wireless nodes

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